In the villages beyond Jaipur, embroiderers still stitch the symbols their grandmothers taught them — not from pattern books, but from memory. A prancing horse mid-gallop, a cluster of hearts tangled together, a sunburst caught mid-blaze. This jacket reads like a page torn from that private vocabulary, each motif placed with the confidence of someone who has drawn it a thousand times before.
Deep forest green velvet carries the wandering cast of characters: a violet horse with a marigold-gold mane rears near the hem, trailed by tumbling crimson hearts and dotted indigo circles. Near the collar, a lavender heart loops into a mustard-yellow one, while a radiant blue sunburst with a blush-pink iris blazes beside scattered red and violet X-marks, asterisk-like florets, and a tiny coral gear. The collar itself is lined in amethyst hearts, stitched edge to edge in satin chain stitch — a detail you'll catch every time you flip it up against the wind.
What makes this piece sing is its unruliness — nothing here is symmetrical, nothing repeats on command. It's the kind of garment that turns a plain day into an occasion, equally at home over a slip dress at dusk or thrown atop denim on a Tuesday. The striped cotton lining, worked in olive and cream, peeks out at the placket like a secret second garden.
Handcrafted in Jaipur · Hand embroidery on velvet · Limited pieces
KEY FEATURES
Hand-embroidered horse, heart, and sunburst motifs in chain stitch
Deep forest green velvet base with vivid multicolor threadwork
Satin-stitched heart motifs along the collar edge
Striped cotton lining in olive, cream & maroon
Relaxed, open-front silhouette suited to layering
PRODUCT DETAILS
Fabric
Velvet
Embroidery
Suzani Chain Stitch
Color
Forest Green with Violet, Crimson, Marigold & Sky Blue
